Holocaust as a regional history: explaining the Bloodlands
TitleThe Holocaust as a regional history: explaining the Bloodlands
Author
Call number940.5318/0436
Object number09083b
Place of publicationNew York, New York, United States
PublisherBerghahn
Year of publication
2014
Physical descriptionpp39-51
MaterialArticle
Series titleMaking sense of history ; Volume 19
ISBN9781782384410
NotesArticle from the book 'Jewish histories of the Holocaust : new transnational approaches' pp39-52
Description
Defines the 'Bloodlands' as today's Poland, Ukraine, Belarus, western Russia and the Baltic states. In this region 14 million people were murdered as a result of Nazi or Soviet policy. He suggests that we cannot fully understand the Holocaust unless it is studied within this wider context.